Cooling-tower.



PATENTED MAY 22, 1906. O. H. WHEELER da L. L. PRATT.

COOLING TOWER. APPLICATION FILED AUGA, 1905.

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COOLING TOWER.

PATENTED MAY 22, 1906. ATT.

APPLICATION FIII|ED AUG; 4. 1.905.

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. l, @employ angmmm nmmbers secured wo more pa-xtiwmry :am forth i0 und x'issil'g; @have tlm members 4L (see Figs. 5c: 7m $51.@ drawing' Figgmmr 1 is; a jgjlmia of' pmi, and, I-) md U-shnped troughs f ai, mwend of @L tmwe .mmm mmlrdmg; to um' mplmv .onnemd to th@ mank, I'mefel'ably by p11-sexing umn. l? :Ms L Vertical seciin mnd par-1 through, openings in Mm-wall of th@ tank and the same'are light in weight and strong.'

These slats are connected by crossing loops of wire 8. The slats of wood are supported by obtuse angle-ironplates i and wire-hook devices k. These angle-iron' plates i are so placed that the center of their upper members comes directly below the perforations 7 in the bottom of the troughs f, the hooks k' assing through eyes of said plates i at their ower ends for supporting the plates and at their upper ends into holes formed in the blade and angle-iron sup ort members e. Figs. 6 and 7 showin detai s in enlarged size the construction and relation of these parts. In the tower of the forced-draft form (shown in Figs. 4 and 5) the shell l is formed of plates riveted together and horizontally connected by angle-irons l', and the tower may be of any desired outline in plan, preferably rectangular. The base of the tower is formed as a liquid-receptacle m, and at one 0r both sides there is provided a fan n, mounted upon a shaft n in suitable bearings o, the fan being surrounded by a cylindrical casing 1', united to the shell of. the tower. This tower, like the tower of natural-draft form, is provided with one or more tanks c, with pipe and valve connections d, with blade and angle-iron support members e, with U-shaped troughs f, having perforations 7, said troughs extending from the` tank to the opposite walls dropping through the air to the upper edges of the tower and supported by sockets g at one or both ends. The same form of cooling devices is employed, consisting of the slats h, connected by crossing loops of wire 8 and hung in vertical lanes from the obtuse angleplates 'i by wire ooks 7c, which are connected to the members e, and, as in the tower of natural draft, in this tower the water to be cooled is supplied to the tanks c and therefrom passes into the U-shaped troughs f and out `ot the perforations 7 onto the angleplates i at the upper ends of the series of slats, falling therefrom to the upper edges of the slats, spreading and passing over both surfaces ofthe slats, and Jfrom the lower edges of the slats beneath, and so on progressively and finally dropping into the liquid-receptag cle at the base oi" the tower, Jfrom whence the cooled water may be conveyed away in any desired manner.

We claim as our invention# 1. In a cooling-tower, the combination with devices for receiving and distributing water to be cooled, of ver-nml a1-.eg ot verti- Louis i.,

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obtuse angle-plates of metal to which the series of slats are connected for receiving the liquid and distributing the same to the slats and means for suspending the said obtuse angle-plates and series ci slats beneath and at right angles to the said distributing devices.

2. In a cooling-tower, the combination with devices for receiving and distributing water to be cooled, of parallel flanged beanisupports provided with suitable periorations, obtuseI angle-plates having pericrations near their ends, hooks connected with the perforations ot said obtuse fngie-plates and received in the pertorations ot' said beam-supports for suspending said plates between the said beamsupports, and vertical series ci spaced-apart suspended slats connected to and supported by said obtuse angle-plates.

lwith a device for receiving water to be cooled of troughs extending from the said device and provided with spaced-apart perforaticns in their under surfaces, obtuse angle-plates, means for suspending the same at right angles to the troughs so that one part of the said plates is inclined and the other part vertical, the inclined part being located beneath the said perforations in the troughs and receiving the water thereiorm, and vertical series of spaced-apart vertical slats suspended ironi the obtuse angle-plates and parallel therewith, whereby the water to be cooled is delivered from the vertical portions of said obtuse angle-plates directly Aonto the slats of the series.

4. In a cooling-tower, the combination with a tank for receiving water to be cooled, oi' series oth-shaped troughs entering the said tank and extending out at ri ght angles thereto, and supports for the opposite ends oi' said troughs, said troughs being provided with pairs of spaced-apart perforationsin :their curved under portions, obtuse angleplates and means for suspending the same at right angles tc the U-shaped troughs and so that the one part of said plates is inclined and the other vertical, and the inclined portions located beneath the pairs of perforations in the troughs, and ,vertical series ot spaced-apart slats suspended from said obg tuse angle-plates and parallel therewith whereby the water to be cooled is delivered. g from the vertical portions of said obtuse angle-plates directly onto the slats of the series. Signed by us this 26th day oi July, 1965.

CLIFTON H. WHEELER.

PRATT.

Vitnesses: i Bonner itionnisrm,l l WM. B. Somma.

3. In a cooling-tower, the combination cally-placed spaced-apart suspended slats,

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